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I know the basics about using Elkonin boxes, but I don’t understand what I’m supposed to do for letters like <x> or bossy <e>, or even <qu>. Don’t even get me started on words like one and two! Help!!

How should a veteran K teacher update an instructional routine that relied heavily on word families?

I’m a reading interventionist with a limited budget for diagnostic measures, and sometimes I have very little to go on in terms of what specifically my students are struggling with. I have several students who are poor spellers. I know that traditional spelling lists are not the best to teach spelling from, but I don’t know where else to start to help with spelling. Where do I begin to teach them how to be better spellers?

When decoding instruction shifts to multisyllabic words, attempting to apply rule-based phonics becomes less dependable. Are learning syllable types and syllable division principles worth students' time? We explore what research reveals about effective multisyllabic word instruction.

Is there a way to know if phonics games are SOR aligned? I have a parent who is asking me.

Teachers often turn to nonsense words for phonics practice, believing they build decoding skills. But is this practice worth our instructional time? We look into the role that nonsense words play in assessment and instruction.

Quick, practical ideas to help build readers' accuracy and confidence. Learn how simple changes to practice can make a big impact on accuracy and fluency.

Subskill automaticity targets practicing a foundational reading subskill (e.g., letter names, letter-sound correspondences, word reading) with isolated, structured repetition. A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to use this practice to cement the skill to the point of effortless retrieval.

Encoding is the process of taking a spoken word, segmenting it into smaller parts, and representing those parts in written form. It is the reverse process of decoding and a component of spelling. Spelling is often used synonymously with encoding, but spelling refers to a broader linguistic process. While some words can be spelled using encoding alone, others require writers to apply spelling conventions unique to each written language system.

This routine for spelling multisyllabic words supports students in applying a simple and consistent strategy to encode words with more than one syllable. A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to use this routine to break the encoding process into manageable chunks.